The Scottsboro BoysEkam Singh

Gursharan SinghEsmeralda Chavez

Alyssa Estrada

The BoysCharles WeemsClarence NorrisAndy WrightOzie PowellOlen MontgomeryEugene WilliamsWillie RobersonRoy WrightHaywood Patterson

AccusationsOn March 25, 1931 a white young man stepped on a young black mans hand while on a trainTrain: Chattanooga to MemphisStone throwing battleBlack youths wonWhite youths forced off trainBlack teens arrested

Ruby BatesA white 18 year old teenager1931

Accused three black men of rape

1932Forced to write a letter

1933At the end, she testified that there was no rape, but her being with her boyfriend that night.

Victoria Price21 years old when Scottsboro Boys were accused

Bad job- $1.20 per hour for five to six days a month

Met up with Bates on train because of unsuccessful job hunt

Went to jail because of adultery

When examined, there was semen in her vagina

TrialTwelve days after incidentArticles already publishedTwo attorneys 1. Unprofessional2. Old- 70 years old

Held all boys togetherJudge James Edwin Horton Jr.

Sentenced Haywood PattersonPostponed trials

MistrialThird Attorney (Samuel Leibowitz)

Took over after death penalty sentenceBates and Price were only witnesses

Testimonies rambling and not understandable

Six boysClaimed they had never seen the women before

Three boysClaimed that they did rape the girls

Quick Facts

When visitors came to visit the boys in the they described them as “Terrified, Bewildered.”They were only allowed to leave cells one to two times a week while handcuffedThey lasted 10 years in jail

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